El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer anunció que en mayo 27, 2022, Curtis Geathers, 37, de Barnegat, pled guilty before the Honorable Rochelle Gizinski, J.S.C., to Manslaughter in violation of NJSA. 2C:11-4b(1), in connection with the death of a female victim that occurred in Point Pleasant Borough on January 10, 2019. At the time of his sentencing on July 22, 2022, the State will be recommending a sentence of four years New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), sujeto a los términos de la Ley de No Salida Temprana, NJSA. 2C:43-7.2. Geathers also pled guilty to an unrelated charge of Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute in violation of NJSA. 2C:35-5a(1) y NJSA. 2C:35-5b(5), for which the State will be recommending a sentence of five years NJSP. Las oraciones deben ejecutarse simultáneamente.. This plea agreement was entered into in consultation with – and with the approval of – the victim’s family.
En enero 10, 2019, officers from the Point Pleasant Borough Police Department were dispatched to a local residence for a report of an unresponsive female. The female was transported to Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center in Brick Township, where she expired on January 12, 2019.
A subsequent investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Ocean, and Point Pleasant Borough Police Department, revealed that Geathers was the supplier of heroin and fentanyl that was distributed to the victim on January 10, 2019. A toxicology report received by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the cause of the victim’s death to be Acetyl Fentanyl Toxicity.
En febrero 7, 2019, Geathers was arrested by Detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Strike Force, Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, y el Departamento de Policía del municipio de Berkeley. He has been lodged in the Ocean County Jail since the date of his arrest.
Prosecutor Billhimer acknowledges the diligent efforts of Senior Assistant Prosecutor Ashley Angelo who is handling the case on behalf of the State, así como la Unidad de Delitos Mayores de la Oficina del Fiscal del Condado de Ocean, Fuerza de ataque antinarcóticos de la oficina del fiscal del condado de Ocean, Departamento de policía del condado de Point Pleasant, Departamento de policía del municipio de Berkeley, Departamento de policía de Seaside Heights, Departamento de policía del municipio de Toms River, Equipo de aplicación especial del Departamento de Policía de Toms River, y la Unidad de Investigación de la Escena del Crimen de la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Ocean, for their collaborative assistance in connection with this investigation leading to Geathers’ guilty plea, y pronto su sentencia de prisión estatal.